Public Safety committee  Yes, that's correct.

Public Safety committee  I don't think I would be the expert on that. I think maybe Mr. Leef would be the expert on that. However, I can tell you that what we have found out is when a case is denounced immediately, it can take two to three weeks to resolve. If you let it get into the legal system, it can

Public Safety committee  With the 32 years of experience that we have, what we have found is that it has to be a training session where the employees have to go to it. When we first started off in the eighties, employees could go to the session if they wanted to. Now employees have to go to it. It's a re

Public Safety committee  I would say that it sounds good, but we would have to see it once it's applied to see if it works well. Again, while people will be given the possibility to do it, are they going to do it? And how are they going to do it?

Public Safety committee  With the 32 years of experience we have, we have found out that when companies do have a clear policy, when employees do know what is acceptable and not acceptable, it makes it much easier for management to deal with the problems. Not everybody is a harasser. A lot of times when

Public Safety committee  Yes. When they came to us to offer training, they asked us to help them establish their policies against harassment and conduct internal investigations. The way people talk to each other was part of their culture and it included jokes. However, it is important to understand that

Public Safety committee  Yes. We saw a lot of progress. What's more, it was their decision. There are internal investigations. Montreal firefighters will call Laval firefighters to do an investigation and if Laval firefighters have a problem, they call Montreal firefighters to investigate. In short, thei

Public Safety committee  We think it lacks a structure. The structure is not put in place. Even if it is in another section, it's not clear. In any case, it is written with words that suggest that recommendations can be made. Personally, if I were a victim of harassment, I'm not sure I would make a comp

Public Safety committee  I know that once a year, the help group targets an organization that calls us to give training. As I said, our main goal is not to give training, but rather to help people who experience this problem. We give training to Montreal's firefighters. When they approached us, it was mo

Public Safety committee  I don't have any personal knowledge of this, but I would say that this is a very good start. It should be at the training level that you start the education, but it's soon forgotten. Therefore, it's something that has to be repeated many times. Once a year could be fine. That's w

Public Safety committee  We can see that with the articles that have been published this year. We see people ready to come testify today, after having waited 20 years to tell us what they experienced. They stayed silent because they valued their jobs. It is also because they did not trust the system that

Public Safety committee  It should be an obligation.

Public Safety committee  I had a quick look at the code of conduct and didn't find any references to sexual harassment. I am in favour of Bill C-42, but I do not understand all of its content. However, when people experience harassment, they try to find a way out, places that will help them. When they do

Public Safety committee  Yes, an obligation and not a choice.

Public Safety committee  I would certainly suggest that we do break it up and that we do talk specifically about the sexual harassment. WIth respect to the cases that came up this summer in the RCMP, when you find that people have been sexually harassed for two decades, then you know there is a problem.